Sunday, February 22, 2009

A Year (and some) in hats, and one more.

Bartholomew Cubbins has nothing on me. I tallied my hat production over the past 16 months or so and came up with the startling number of 24. Whew! Even a child of the 80s given to wretched excess such as myself has to recoil a bit at that number. My first impulse was to somehow make the assertion that 'well over half of them were given away as gifts....right?' Umm, no. Wrong on that account: only five were for others. So...yeah. We gotta lotta hats around this joint. And here's one more:

The Specs:Pattern: Thorpe by Kirsten KapurNeedles: Size 8 Magic LoopYarn: Pigeonroof Studios Worsted in 'Pea Soup'; Sublime Cashmere Merino Silk DK in Shade for the crocheted edgeMods: I did the first 10 odd rows in Magic Loop because I cannot for the life of me get those fiddly dpns to behave on the starting rows. I think that the gauge is slightly too tight and probably should have done the hat on size 9 needles, but I am really happy with this hat. Another TTL winner!

Many of you suggested doing something in garter stitch to highlight the hand spun, and this hat hat does fit the bill. The Curdmudgeon is always asking for a hat that covers his ears, and this hat certainly does just that.I am extra pleased with how this hat turned out because a. my first one was such an epic fail and b. it allowed me to pop in at Stitch Your Art Out and get my pal Cynthia to help me with the half double crochet, because I am crochet impaired. She sat with me and patiently helped me get the hang of it. Once I got home I had this Youtube video open the entire time and that helped as well.

Well I hope to take a break from my hat drill as I am out of enthusiasm as well as ideas. Besides after seeing Coraline all I want to do is make these.

Thanks for that Coraline glove pattern link! When I saw it with my five year old, I said, "Would you like Mommy to make you some gloves like that?" W/o taking her eyes off the screen, she said, "Oh yes!"

Ah, Bartholomew. It was with great pride and anguish I would read that story to my 3 year old every night. She loved it and would cry foul when she caught me trying to skip even one of the 500 hats. I am glad you never skip any of yours. I think we would all cry as well. Lovely, each and every one.

LOVED the movie version of Coraline - and had the same thought about the gloves, though I doubt I'd get around to them in time for this winter. Did you see someone posted the Coraline sweater (the one with the stars) on Rav as well?

Love, love, LOVE, the giant hat mosaic! So cool seeing so much of your work all together like that! I'll have to try that, I'm pretty sure I could get a whole mosaic of just baby hats- it's been baby hat central here, I can't seem to stop it, if only my baby model would cooperate! LOL!!!

Waiting to see how many pairs of gloves you make next... this should be interesting...